SOFAM faculty member Jim Harley presents on the efforts of internal refugees affected by the years-long conflict in Northern Uganda who have formed an association for traditional music and dance, which has become an important part of their trauma recovery.

Thinkng Spaces Winter 2019: SOFAM student Nathan Mejia will present an installation on the intersection of music and image technology in a project that incorporates accessibility, fashion, and bodily movement.

UofG faculty Troy Hourie, Mervyn Horgan, and Kim McLeod explore the improvisatory imperative of creative life in public space.

The IICSI Improvising Spaces Shoptalk + Module 2 workshop will focus on current trends and innovator developments in Network Music. Sarah Weaver will give a virtual talk from New York on her Network Arts practice, while Kenneth Fields will discuss his involvement with developing Artsmesh—the live network music performance app.

Apply to our two-week Institute! During our Summer Institute graduate and post-graduate students will workshop and network with leading scholars and practitioners in the field of Critical Studies in Improvisation, while taking advantage of the spectacular natural setting of the Gaspésie.

During this two-week Institute, graduate and post-graduate students will workshop and network with leading scholars and practitioners in the field of Critical Studies in Improvisation, while taking advantage of the spectacular natural setting of the Gaspésie.

Join our summer camp! Presented by the IICSI, Musical Improvisation at Land’s End camp seeks to develop innovative strategies to put aspiring musicians in direct and meaningful contact with professional improvisers.

The Westben Centre for Connection & Creativity invites creative risk-takers whose practice involves a combination of both composition and performance to their Performer-Composer Residency (happening in July 2019) in Canada’s Northumberland County.

Presented by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI), this summer camp seeks to develop innovative strategies to put aspiring musicians in direct and meaningful contact with professional improvisers.

During this two-week Institute, graduate and post-graduate students will workshop and network with leading scholars and practitioners in the field of Critical Studies in Improvisation, while taking advantage of the spectacular natural setting of the Gaspésie.